Claude Seabrook

Claude Seabrook was a Conservative Party MP who served as Home Secretary under Prime Minister Edward Heath. He was the father of MP Claudia Seabrook.

Biography
Claude Seabrook During the premiership of Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Seabrook served as Opposition Spokesman for Commonwealth Affairs and Overseas Development, and he befriended the Newcastle upon Tyne construction magnate John Edwards. In 1967, Edwards asked him to be the new chairman of his company and its ambassador to the world, seeking a new political ally after Northern Television chairman and former Labour Party councillor Austin Donohue severed his ties to him. In 1970, he became Home Secretary under Prime Minister Edward Heath, but he was disgraced after Edwards' arrest led to revelations of Seabrook's ties with him. However, in 1979, his daughter Claudia Seabrook was elected an MP in Newcastle upon Tyne.